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SOUTHAMPTON
£15.4k/yr
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Begin your hairdressing career with Trevor Mitchell Hair Salon in Southampton

Gain hands-on experience in a busy city-centre salon while training towards your Level 2 qualification. Learn from experienced stylists and develop cutting, colouring and styling skills in a supportive environment.

What you'll do at work

  • Welcome clients and support the salon team with daily operations
  • Shampoo, condition and treat hair and scalp
  • Assist stylists with cutting, colouring and styling services
  • Learn to cut, style and finish hair using a range of techniques
  • Support client consultations and build communication skills
  • Maintain a clean, safe and hygienic salon environment
  • Prepare workstations, tools and equipment for services
  • Develop product knowledge and assist with retail recommendations
  • Build confidence working with different hair types and client needs

Where you'll work

63 BEDFORD PLACE
SOUTHAMPTON
SO15 2DS

Training provider

SOUTH HAMPSHIRE COLLEGE GROUP

Training course

Hairdressing professional (level 2)

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What you'll learn

Course contents

  • Adhere to legal and organisational requirements for the safe use of products, tools, materials and equipment.
  • Apply safe, hygienic, and effective methods of working and infection control, while completing hairdressing services.
  • Use communication and etiquette that meets industry requirements, suits and is appropriate to the organisation.
  • Maintain the client’s confidentiality and comfort (modesty, privacy) at the start and during the service.
  • Advise clients (new and regular) pre, during and after service on the maintenance of the look, complementary services and retail products available in the salon.
  • Promote yourself, your organisation, products and services via a variety of social channels.
  • Carry out wider salon duties to support the salon business (e.g. services, bookings, payments, retail, upselling and sales).
  • Use a range of products, tools, equipment used in Hairdressing services in accordance with legal organisational requirements.
  • Complete and maintain client records in accordance with legal and organisational requirements.
  • Work as part of a team to support the salon businesses.
  • Use working methods that promote environmental and sustainable working practices.
  • Carry out a consultation, examine and analyse the hair, skin and scalp and complete relevant industry tests (e.g. hair classification type and characteristics tests).
  • Identify (question/observation) any contraindications or limiting factors that are likely to affect or influence the service.
  • Shampoo, condition and treat the hair and scalp.
  • Dry and finish hair using a range of techniques to create a range of looks, that meets the intended shape, direction, balance and volume agreed with the client.
  • Use current setting and dressing techniques to create a range of looks that meets the intended shape, direction, balance, and volume agreed with the client.
  • Cut hair using a range of technical skills and cutting techniques to create a range of looks, considering weight distribution, cutting angles, balance and degree of graduation, and the natural growth patterns of the hair, length of the hair ( club cutting, scissor over comb, clipper over comb, texturising, freehand, thinning, layering and razor cutting).
  • Restyle hair to create a personalised short or medium (above the shoulder) length hair cut, changing the shape, length and style hair using a range of cutting techniques.
  • Complete a range of hair colouring and lightening services to change the depth and tone using current colouring techniques (e.g. freehand techniques, woven highlights or lowlights, root re-touch, half head and full head application, temporary, semi-permanent, demi- permanent, quasi-permanent, permanent colour and lighteners).
  • Evaluate the results of the service.

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Training schedule

  • Training will take place both in the salon and at Southampton College
  • You will attend college on a day release basis
  • Practical, on-the-job training within the salon environment
  • Off-the-job learning at college to develop technical knowledge and skills
  • Ongoing support and progress reviews from a dedicated Professional Trainer
  • Assessment through practical observations, assignments, portfolio work and other methods
  • End-point assessment to confirm competence and achievement of the standard

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South Hampshire College Group (SHCG) includes Eastleigh College, Fareham College and Southampton College, delivering high-quality technical and professional training across the region.

  • Industry-standard facilities and modern learning environments
  • Strong links with local employers and businesses
  • Experienced tutors and dedicated apprentice support
  • Opportunities for progression and career development
  • A collaborative, inclusive and aspirational learning culture

SHCG is committed to helping apprentices gain the skills and confidence needed for long-term career success.

Desirable qualifications

  • GCSE in:
    • English (grade 4/C)
    • Maths (grade 4/C)

Share if you have other relevant qualifications and industry experience. The apprenticeship can be adjusted to reflect what you already know.

Trevor Mitchell Hair Salon

Trevor Mitchell Hair Salon, located in Bedford Place, Southampton, is a well-established city-centre salon led by Director Angela Everett since 1988. The salon has built a strong reputation for delivering bespoke cuts, styles and colour services tailored to each individual client.

The team is passionate about developing talent, with many stylists having progressed from apprentice level within the salon. Using professional products including Schwarzkopf and Matrix, the salon offers a wide range of high-quality services in a supportive and creative environment.

With a focus on training, progression and personalised client care, Trevor Mitchell Hair Salon provides an excellent setting for an apprentice to begin and grow their hairdressing career.

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Become a permanent employee

  • Progression to Level 3 Advanced & Creative Hair Professional Apprenticeship
  • Increased responsibility as skills and confidence develop
  • Ongoing professional development within the hairdressing industry

The contact for this apprenticeship is:
SOUTH HAMPSHIRE COLLEGE GROUP

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000041848.
Closes in 11 days (Friday 24 July 2026 at 11:59pm)

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Skills

Communication skills
Attention to detail
Organisation skills
Customer care skills
Team working
Creative
Initiative
Positive attitude
Passionate about hair
Hairdressing

Location

67 Bedford Pl, Southampton SO15 2DS, UK

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